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Learn to Say What People Are Doing in Spanish (A1 – A2 Level)

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How to Say What People Are Doing in Spanish – European Spanish Beginner (Free Lesson for Adults)

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  • A2 Level (Advanced Beginner)

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Learn to Say What People Are Doing in Spanish (w/ FREE Script and Audio)

Título: Hablar sobre lo que la gente está haciendo Personajes: Javier y Penélope

Escenario: Javier y Penélope son mejores amigos. Javier llama a Penélope por teléfono por la mañana para saber qué está haciendo y ponerse al día sobre lo que hace la gente a su alrededor.

Title: Talking About What People Are Doing Characters: Javier y Penélope

Setting: Javier and Penélope are best friends. Javier calls Penélope on the phone in the morning to ask what she is doing and catch up on what the people around them are up to.

Javier:
 ¡Buenos días, Penélope! ¿Qué tal? Oye, ¿qué estás haciendo? NM: Good morning, Penélope! How are you? Hey, what are you doing? LT: Good days, Penélope! What such? Hear, what are you doing?
Penélope:
 ¡Buenos días, Javier! Estoy comiendo tacos. NM: Good morning, Javier! I’m eating tacos. LT: Good days, Javier! I am eating tacos.
Estoy con mi cuñada Lucía; nosotras estamos desayunando en la terraza de mi casa. NM: I’m with my sister-in-law Lucía; we’re having breakfast on my terrace. LT: I am with my sister-in-law Lucía; we are de-breakfasting on the terrace of my house.
¿Tú qué haces? ¿Y qué es ese ruido? NM: What are you doing? And what’s that noise? LT: You what do you do? And what is that noise?
Javier:
 Pero perdona, ¿qué estás preguntando? NM: But sorry, what are you asking? LT: But forgive, what are you asking?
Hay mucho tráfico y casi no te oigo. NM: There’s a lot of traffic and I can barely hear you. LT: There is much traffic and almost not you I hear.
Penélope:
 Digo: ¡qué haces y qué es ese ruido! NM: I said: what are you doing and what’s that noise! LT: I say: what you do and what is that noise!
Javier:
 Ahhh, estoy corriendo. Ahora mismo estoy cruzando la calle. NM: Ahhh, I am running. Right now I am crossing the street. LT: Ahhh, I am running. Now same I am crossing the street.
Penélope:
 ¿Estás con tus hermanos o corres solo? NM: Are you with your brothers or are you running alone? LT: Are you with your brothers or you run alone?
Javier:
 Estoy solo. Mis hermanos están nadando en la piscina en la casa. NM: I am alone. My brothers are swimming in the pool at home. LT: I am alone. My brothers are swimming in the pool in the house.
¿Y tu cuñada Lucía qué hace? NM: And what’s your sister-in-law Lucía doing? LT: And your sister-in-law Lucía what she does?
Penélope:
 ¿Lucía? Pues aquí está, está aprendiendo español. NM: Lucía? Well here she is, she’s learning Spanish. LT: Lucía? Well here she is, she is learning Spanish.
Está leyendo una revista en español mientras está escuchando música de fondo. NM: She’s reading a magazine in Spanish while listening to background music. LT: She is reading a magazine in Spanish while she is listening music of background.
Javier:
 ¡Bien por ella! Por cierto, ¿qué tal tu familia? NM: Good for her! By the way, how’s your family? LT: Good for her! By certain, what such your family?
Penélope:
 ¡Ocupadísimos! Mi hermana mayor está viajando a Valencia, NM: Super busy! My older sister is traveling to Valencia, LT: Super occupied! My sister old is traveling to Valencia,
y acaba de mandarme un mensaje de que su tren está llegando a la estación. NM: and just sent me a message saying her train is arriving at the station. LT: and finishes of to send me a message of that her train is arriving to the station.
Mi hermana pequeña, ufff, está empacando su maleta en su habitación, NM: My little sister, ugh, is packing her suitcase in her room, LT: My sister small, ugh, is packing her suitcase in her room,
sin saber que su avión está saliendo ya del aeropuerto. NM: without knowing her plane is already leaving the airport. LT: without to know that her plane is leaving already from the airport.
Mis padres están cocinando para comer. NM: My parents are cooking for lunch. LT: My parents are cooking for to eat.
Y mis hijos están jugando fútbol en el jardín. NM: And my kids are playing soccer in the yard. LT: And my sons are playing football in the garden.
Javier:
 ¡Madre mía, cuánta gente! NM: My goodness, so many people! LT: Mother mine, how much people!
Penélope:
 ¡Ya te digo! ¿Y tus hijas? NM: You can say that again! And your daughters? LT: Already you I say! And your daughters?
Javier:
 Mis hijas están yendo al cine. NM: My daughters are going to the movies. LT: My daughters are going to the cinema.
Penélope:
 ¿Y tu marido, qué hace? ¿Está en el trabajo? NM: And what about your husband? Is he at work? LT: And your husband, what he does? Is he in the work?
Javier:
 ¿Qué dices? Está trabajando en la casa, NM: What are you talking about? He’s working from home, LT: What you say? He is working in the house,
seguramente está comiendo su bocadillo enfrente de su portátil. NM: he’s probably eating his sandwich in front of his laptop. LT: surely he is eating his sandwich in front of his laptop.
Penélope:
 Vale. Oye, ¿ya tienes los billetes para el tren de mañana? NM: Okay. Hey, do you have the train tickets for tomorrow yet? LT: Okay. Hear, already you have the tickets for the train of tomorrow?
Javier:
 Todavía no. Espera… NM: Not yet. Wait… LT: Still not. Wait…
Penélope:
 ¿Qué haces? NM: What are you doing? LT: What you do?
Javier:
 Estoy pagando los billetes desde el móvil… ¡Listo! Ya los tengo. NM: I’m paying for the tickets from my phone… Done! I got them. LT: I am paying the tickets from the mobile… Ready! Already them I have.
Oye, ¿quedamos esta noche en mi casa para cenar y así desconectas un poco? NM: Hey, shall we meet tonight at my place for dinner so you can unwind a bit? LT: Hear, we meet this night in my house for to dine and so you disconnect a little?
Penélope:
 ¡Genial! Nos vemos luego. NM: Great! See you later. LT: Great! Us we see later.
At night at Javier’s house. Penélope knocks on the door.
Javier:
 ¡Hola, Penélope! ¿De dónde vienes? Llegaste tarde. Pasa. NM: Hi, Penélope! Where are you coming from? You arrived late. Come in. LT: Hello, Penélope! From where do you come? You arrived late. Pass.
Penélope:
 ¡Perdona! Había un tráfico horrible. ¿Estáis cenando ya? NM: Sorry! Traffic was awful. Are you guys already eating dinner? LT: Forgive! There was a traffic horrible. Are you all dining already?
Javier:
 Estoy cenando solo. Mi marido ya está durmiendo, está muy agotado por su trabajo. NM: I’m eating dinner alone. My husband is already sleeping, he’s very exhausted from work. LT: I am dining alone. My husband already is sleeping, he is very exhausted by his work.
Y mis hijas están estudiando. NM: And my daughters are studying. LT: And my daughters are studying.
Penélope:
 ¿Qué tenemos para la cena? ¡Huele muy bien! ¿Qué has preparado? NM: What do we have for dinner? It smells great! What did you make? LT: What we have for the dinner? It smells very well! What have you prepared?
Javier:
 Lentejas con verdura. Lleva lentejas, puerro, pimiento verde, zanahoria, patata… NM: Vegetables and lentils. It has lentils, leek, green pepper, carrot, potato… LT: Lentils with vegetable. It carries lentils, leek, pepper green, carrot, potato…
Oye, ¿estás escribiendo la receta en tu móvil? NM: Hey, are you writing the recipe on your phone? LT: Hear, you are writing the recipe in your mobile?
Penélope:
 ¡Sí! Quiero preparar esta receta algún día. NM: Yes! I want to make this recipe someday. LT: Yes! I want to prepare this recipe some day.
Javier:
 ¡No hace falta! Te la mando por WhatsApp. NM: No need! I’ll send it to you on WhatsApp. LT: Not makes lack! You it I send by WhatsApp.
Por cierto, ¡mira a mi perro! Está bailando de alegría al verte. NM: By the way, look at my dog! He’s dancing with joy to see you. LT: By certain, look to my dog! He is dancing of joy to the to see you.

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